VINCENT (Hyacinthe, Jean). Born in Bordeaux, 1862-1950. Fren - Lot 192

VINCENT (Hyacinthe, Jean). Born in Bordeaux, 1862-1950. French military physician, bacteriologist and professor at the Collège de France. Discoverer of the fuso-spirillary infection known as "Vincent's angina" and author of major works on vaccines and serums against typhoid and gas gangrene. Member of the Académie de Médecine (1907), then of the Académie des Sciences (1922). L.A.S. "H. Vincent" addressed to Alexandre Jevais, lawyer at the Court of Appeal. Paris, December 12, 1932. 1 p. in-8 with self-addressed stamped envelope. Printed letterhead "Professeur H. Vincent, membre de l'Institut et de l'Académie de médecine". Charming letter of thanks and intellectual praise addressed to a historian to whom Vincent has just read a work devoted to the "Time of the Sixteenth of May". The famous doctor warmly congratulates his correspondent on the thoroughness of his historical work: "You are a wonderfully accurate historian, and you announce nothing that is not supported by texts, speeches or quotations." He goes on to evoke with emotion his own youthful memories of this troubled period in French political history: "I pretty much lived through that era (because 70 years crush me with their weight) and I have very vivid memories of the 363 and the political storms of that time that made my teenage heart beat..." The letter refers to the political crisis of May 16, 1877 and the famous "363" Republican deputies opposed to Marshal de Mac-Mahon, a founding episode of the Third Republic. This personal account by a great French scholar sheds vivid light on the political memory of this generation. Very fine set, preserved with its autograph mailing envelope and postmarks. A highly readable manuscript, combining intellectual consideration, historical memory and a deeply human tone.